Robe
Textile
| Native Name | Boubou |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 2003-63-157 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Liberia |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Cotton Pigment |
| Technique: | Woven Embroidered Dyed Sewn |
| Height: | 110 cm |
| Width: | 169.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1894.1.20 - Other Number |
Description
Robe made of five inch strips running vertically in the body and horizontally in the sleeves; rectangular pocket on front; embroidered with geometric curvilinear, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic designs on front and back in dark blue, light blue, red, pink, and undyed cotton; sleeves unfinished, no seam joining their bottoms; seam joining front and back of body. Yarn dyed.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dendel, Esther W. 1974. African Fabric Crafts: Sources of African Design and Technique.. Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., New York. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 150 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Sieber, Roy. 1972. African Textiles and Decorative Arts.. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 31 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Gunn, Harold D. 1959. A Handbook of the Collections of the Commercial Museum.. Philadelphia. Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 20-21 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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